Texas Lawmakers Head Back to Capitol for Special Session on Redistricting
Normally, redistricting is done by the Legislature every 10 years based on population changes found in the census. In the 2001 legislative session, lawmakers could not agree on how to draw the districts so a map was drawn by federal judges.
So, two years later, the Republicans want to redraw the map again. "What's mine is mine, what's your's is negotiable..."